The curriculum
combines design studio courses with courses in technology and in the human
sciences and a wide choice of humanities courses shared with students of Visual
and Performing Arts.

The studio courses are
taught by a wide range of professionals from Italy and abroad; many are taught
in English. Each studio course has its own atelier, which becomes the
student’s workplace for its duration.

The degree program
aims at producing capable designers who, when they graduate, will be capable of
working on their own or in organisations, to find employment in companies, in
study and research centres, in cultural organisations and in design curation or
journalism. Later in their career, the programme prepares them well to fulfil
roles such as art director, design strategist or design manager.

The coursework is
followed by the thesis, an individual project lasting from six to twelve
months. Though it is possible to graduate in two years, a more normal pattern
is to graduate in the spring of the third year.

Students who have
successfully completed the graduate degree programme in Design may pursue their
studies in a doctoral degree programme.